Suffering from bloating after eating can be a frustrating problem. If you are in the same boat as I was a couple of years ago, you’ll most likely be searching desperately for bloating causes. After all, if you know what causes your bloating symptoms, then you can figure out how to stop it in its tracks.
So what are the main bloating causes?
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The cause of bloating in women is usually due to the symptoms of PMS (or premenstrual syndrome, sometimes known as PMT too).
During the 2 weeks or so before your period, your hormone levels rise much higher than usual. This high concentration of hormones has 2 side-effects when it comes to causing stomach bloating:
- Slower digestive system – food, waste products and gas move more slowly through your system, leading to a build of stools and gas that blows your stomach up like a balloon.
- Water retention – your body retains more water, which also adds to the appearance of bloating.
The good news is it’s easy to remedy. Check out my easy PMS bloating remedies here.
You may know that stomach bloating is most often caused by undigested food. For whole heap of possible reasons, your body doesn’t digest certain types of food.
These then sit in your gut, fermenting away. This causes the gas which pumps your stomach up like a balloon and makes you feel all icky.
One of the reasons food doesn’t easily digest is because we eat the wrong kinds of foods together at the same time.
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I was interested to watch a recent edition of Good Morning America, which had a slot on the problem of bloating.
While I had a hard time trying to not to chuckle at the overly loud presenter (shouting and barking at poor Dr. Oz, the guest), the clip is otherwise really informative! With the aid of a rather graphic animation (eurgh!), Dr. Oz explains 4 simple bloating remedies that everyone can try.
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In my last post I urged you to try a raw food diet to reduce your bloated belly.
Yesterday I found myself seriously suffering from a very large bloated belly. I actually felt utterly horrible—full of wind, lacking in energy, highly uncomfortable. Bleurgh!
I’m not sure what triggered it—I do generally seem to suffer a great deal after the weekend. I wonder if it’s to do with changes in my eating habits?
Does anyone else suffer more bloating after a weekend?
In any case, I decided to test the raw food theory. Here’s a quick snapshot I took on my iPhone of the lunch I prepared yesterday:
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As I’ve mentioned many times, much stomach bloating is caused by undigested food remaining in your gut, which ferments and produces the gas which blows your stomach up.
Eating raw food (such as salad, fruit, nuts and seeds) is often recommended.
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